Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32
बुद्धिपूर्वं मया चैतन्न पापं समुपार्जितम् । पुरारिणैव हि पुराऽशासि धर्मो हि रक्ष्यताम्
buddhipūrvaṃ mayā caitanna pāpaṃ samupārjitam | purāriṇaiva hi purā'śāsi dharmo hi rakṣyatām
ಈ ಪಾಪವನ್ನು ನಾನು ಬುದ್ಧಿಪೂರ್ವಕವಾಗಿ ಮಾಡಿಲ್ಲ. ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಪೂರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಪುರಾರಿ (ಶಿವ) ಸ್ವತಃ ‘ಧರ್ಮವನ್ನು ರಕ್ಷಿಸಬೇಕು’ ಎಂದು ಉಪದೇಶಿಸಿದ್ದನು।
Mārtaṇḍa (Sūrya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee explains before elders or in inner reflection that the fault was not intentional; a subtle vision of Śiva (Purāri) appears as the source of the dharma-injunction.
FAQs
Intention matters in moral judgment, and the highest command remains the safeguarding of dharma as taught by Śiva.
The verse is ethical-theological and does not directly glorify a particular tīrtha, though it remains within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa setting.
No ritual is prescribed; the instruction is a dhārmic principle: protection of dharma.